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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: eccs19 on December 27, 2005, 06:41:35 pm

Title: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: eccs19 on December 27, 2005, 06:41:35 pm
I've searched (without much luck), to see if I could find any information on hooking up one of these Jakks Pacman / Ms. Pacman up to a old PC monitor.  Anyone do this?  If so, how did you do it?
Title: Re: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: RayB on December 27, 2005, 07:39:03 pm
I don't think composite to multisync is possible. Not without an expensive convertor.
Title: Re: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: fredster on December 27, 2005, 07:45:30 pm
Yeah, one is RGB and the other is NTSC. Not compatable.

You'd have to find a NTSC to RGB converter. They make them, and I think there are schematics for them too.
Title: Re: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: MaximRecoil on December 27, 2005, 08:47:54 pm
You could do it through a PC into a monitor if you had a video card with composite input, like any capture card has (ATI All-In-Wonder is a common one). That would probably defeat the purpose though, because if you are going to have a PC hooked up you might as well use MAME or whatever.
Title: Re: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: Kremmit on December 28, 2005, 12:05:58 am
It's easy:

Title: Re: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: DrewKaree on December 28, 2005, 12:17:19 am
Kremmit's got the least expensive solution, unless Windex or 409 is like $20 a gallon in your area ;D  The things to build end up costing about the same as the converters you can purchase, which run about $100.  I thought this same thing when first getting mine, and searched far and wide for that solution.  It is a no-dice situation.
Title: Re: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: eccs19 on December 28, 2005, 08:30:36 am
Well thanks all.
Title: Re: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: fredster on December 28, 2005, 11:04:57 am
Your last hope is to search RGVAC and see if somebody has come up with a solution to this.

I did sometime back and there is a way to do this using a monitor, but it requires some hacking.


BTW, used monitors are worthless now.  You can hope to get $20 if it's nice.
Title: Re: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: eccs19 on December 28, 2005, 04:02:48 pm
Quote from: fredster on December 28, 2005, 11:04:57 am

BTW, used monitors are worthless now.
Title: Re: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: DrewKaree on December 28, 2005, 07:41:53 pm
Wal-Mart had a nice little $60 tv (Durabrand?) that had all the requirements to be able to be used to hack this into a bartop if you were so inclined.  Less than the $100 converters :-\
Title: Re: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: Crowley on December 29, 2005, 06:10:26 am
*fanfare*
Yay for Lik-Sang!
http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=219&products_id=3166&
$50, but it's worth it if you ask me.
Title: Re: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: Kremmit on December 29, 2005, 11:40:56 pm
Interesting.  I didn't know those things were getting so cheap.

I see they've also got this one:
http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=219&products_id=3235
Title: Re: Jakks and Computer monitor
Post by: Grasshopper on December 30, 2005, 01:00:51 pm
The first one looks better because it has component input.